Israeli Strikes Kill 12 in Lebanon, Jeopardize Ceasefire — SkimNews
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- Israeli air strikes on Kfar Roummane in southern Lebanon killed 11 people — including two children and four women — when a three-storey residential building was destroyed shortly after midnight; a second strike on a vehicle killed a paramedic from the Risala Scout Association.
- The IDF said it struck "Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure sites" and "several terrorists" transferring weapons in retaliation for two explosive drones Hezbollah launched at Israeli troops in the Ali al-Taher ridge area inside Israel's declared "security zone."
- Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said the "dangerous escalation" was jeopardising the June US-brokered ceasefire and urged the international community to pressure Israel to halt the attacks.
- Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon have killed at least 27 people over the past three days, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
- Hezbollah has rejected the ceasefire framework — which links the group's disarmament to Israel's gradual withdrawal from southern Lebanon — saying the provisions cross "all red lines."
- Lebanon's health ministry reports 4,362 people killed in Lebanon since March 2, including 395 women and 259 children; Israel says 40 soldiers and four civilians have died during the conflict.
- Kfar Roummane resident Sara Moallaem told the BBC she is packing to flee to Sidon for the sixth or seventh time and now fears for her children's lives, saying civilians are being targeted.
Why it matters: The strikes land just a few hundred metres from Israel's buffer zone and arrive with Hezbollah having already rejected the ceasefire's core trade — disarmament for withdrawal — meaning the diplomatic architecture was already half-dead. With 4,362 killed in Lebanon since March and border villages facing repeated displacement, the attacks collapse the only mechanism meant to stop the fighting.
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